Abstract:
"Over the last years, a growing trend for schools,
colleges, universities and other learning institutions is
to convert their traditional courses into E-Learning
applications over the World Wide Web (WWW). This
conversion process is either done in house or by
outsourcing to consulting E-Learning firms. The
course conversion process is often neglecting the
evaluation aspect of E-Learning. Evaluation should be
a mandatory part of the E-Learning applications by
placing evaluation items (questions) at the end of
chapters or teaching points. To implement evaluation
in E-Learning applications, the authors are developing
a Macromedia Flash E-Learning Web site able of item
data input and adaptive testing capabilities using item
response theory (IRT). The project’s aim is evaluation
capability improvement and reusability by the use of
IMS-QTI standard. Application’s adaptive testing
functionalities will be implemented with IMS-QTI sub-standards for item parameters and interface
parameters characterization." -- provided by authors
